← Back to issue list

Missing documentation for snapcraft variables

View original Launchpad issue

Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1625758
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~elopio
Labels
snap-docs
Created
Updated
Closed

Current evaluation

Documentation request for $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME/VERSION/STAGE/PART_INSTALL went unanswered for years and the Launchpad bug was closed as stale. Later docs PR canonical/snapcraft#5727 (cba259a0d) covered custom project vars but did not close this bug.

Resolution: closed stale

Reason: The bug sat with0 comments until it was auto-closed as stale after roughly 3.5 years of no activity, without any resolving commit; the later merged docs PR #5727 (commit cba259a0d) documented custom project variables but was tracked separately and did not close LP #1625758.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

No scores available.

Issue body

A recent release added the variables $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME, $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION and $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE and $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL. There is no documentation explaining how to use them.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed stale Documentation request for $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME/VERSION/STAGE/PART_INSTALL went unanswered for years and the Launchpad bug was closed as stale. Later docs PR canonical/snapcraft#5727 (cba259a0d) covered custom project vars but did not close this bug.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed stale Closed as stale after years of inactivity; the requested documentation was never added. Later PR #5727 documented custom project variables, but did not resolve this request.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed without resolution. Documentation for $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME, $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION, $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE, and $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL was never added. The request was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Abandoned. The issue was closed without documentation updates or resolution, leaving the requested snapcraft variable documentation unaddressed.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed without documentation updates. The missing documentation for $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME, $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION, $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE, and $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL variables was not addressed and likely abandoned or superseded.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 — — Abandoned due to inactivity. Documentation for $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME, $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_VERSION, $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE, and $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL remains unaddressed.

Update history

Date Change
created

Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: canonical/snapcraft#5727 (confidence 55%)

    Merged docs PR (commit cba259a0d) documenting custom project variables for SNAPCRAFT-1053; covers the documentation gap but did not reference or close LP #1625758.

  • Related To: canonical/snapcraft#757 (confidence 30%)

    Merged PR that introduced SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_NAME/VERSION/STAGE and SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL, the release that triggered this documentation request.

  • Superseded By: canonical/craft-parts#1216 (confidence 25%)

    Original craft-parts version of the same docs change, closed unmerged once the documentation moved to Snapcraft.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#1216 docs: document custom project vars (SNAPCRAFT-1053) craft-parts closed Closed unmerged after the documentation moved to Snapcraft; canonical/snapcraft#5727 merged the equivalent change in commit cba259a0d.
78%
#5727 docs: document custom project vars (SNAPCRAFT-1053) snapcraft merged Merged in canonical/snapcraft#5727 as cba259a0d, documenting custom project variables for SNAPCRAFT-1053 after the work moved from canonical/craft-parts#1216.
76%